WIFinlander Guide Service

WIFinlander Guide Service Welcome to WiFinlander Guide Services based out of Milwaukee Wisconsin I'm Captain Tim Hyvonen and owner of WIFinlander Guide Service. Wisconsin.

During the spring, summer and fall I run fishing charters on Lake Michigan for trout and salmon. In the fall, winter and spring I run guide trips for trout and salmon in the rivers of S.E. During the Winter I run guide trips in the harbors of Lake Michigan for brown trout and steelhead in addition to multi species trips on various inland lakes. For more information head over to www.wifinlander.com

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With all this snow has me itching to get in the boat! Just to think last year at this time I was laying waste to browns...
02/13/2025

With all this snow has me itching to get in the boat! Just to think last year at this time I was laying waste to browns. I’m hoping to be back in the boat by the middle of March. If the trend of February continues, don’t waste to long to book your trip as days are going fast.

Had the pleasure of getting Ryan and Edward on the ice yesterday. First off was a spunky steelhead followed up with a co...
02/10/2025

Had the pleasure of getting Ryan and Edward on the ice yesterday. First off was a spunky steelhead followed up with a couple of misses then all of a sudden I hear Edward yell out from the shack “I got one!” He was smiling ear to ear as he plucked a 8lb brown while jigging. Also if you haven’t checked out the new ice huntress rods, go take a look. I’ve been very impressed with the action and flexibility of them.

Had a couple great groups this past weekend out chasing pike, bass, gills and crappies. It’s always a good day when I ge...
02/04/2025

Had a couple great groups this past weekend out chasing pike, bass, gills and crappies. It’s always a good day when I get to bring some home for a fish fry. The ice I’m on is still 10-12” but I can’t stress it enough, take your time and use your spud bar getting out on the lakes.

Weekend recap- decided to give the clam trap attack a go. Saturday Tina and I took a ride to Antioch in search of crappi...
01/20/2025

Weekend recap- decided to give the clam trap attack a go. Saturday Tina and I took a ride to Antioch in search of crappies which was a bust but Tina stuck a very nice 17.5” walleye and I stuck a handful of whitebass and yellow bass. Sunday I decided to go give a lake I’ve never fished a go for pike and it didn’t take long to jump to the top 10 for the stringer of 3 pike. Too bad my du***ss didn’t take a picture of the first 31” pike properly. But overall with two and one jig rod i was able to go 5-9 or 10. Besides it being a hair past balls cold, thank goodness for my X-over to keep me out of the wind. 11 out of 58 people isn’t to shabby with only fishing pike for 5hrs.

The look you make when you get the last parking spot at the launch, grab minnow, start unloading the truck just to reali...
01/11/2025

The look you make when you get the last parking spot at the launch, grab minnow, start unloading the truck just to realize you forgot your drill at home! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️I guess for the better, played how do u fit all the otter sleds and shack in the truck and got re-rigged for tomorrow.

As one year closes out and another is about to start, I’d like to thank everyone who came out this year from the rivers ...
12/31/2024

As one year closes out and another is about to start, I’d like to thank everyone who came out this year from the rivers to inland to the big pond. It was a pleasure meeting and fishing with all of you. Also big thank you to the companies that kept me going throughout the year and a couple more I know I’m forgetting.

With the forecast coming up, it looks like I ran the last two boat trips till the spring, Sunday was Matt and James. Aft...
12/31/2024

With the forecast coming up, it looks like I ran the last two boat trips till the spring, Sunday was Matt and James. After sticking a laker and perch fairly quickly, the search was on. With trying to get out of the wind, we found no shortage of fish but only a few that wanted to play. Yesterday had mark and bill out for some perch jerking. Nothing like a little fishing to rehab a shoulder after surgery. Now time for the cold snap and some ice trips.

Merry Christmas everyone!
12/25/2024

Merry Christmas everyone!

Spent the last two days making one of my inland lakes look like Swiss cheese with my lite flite. Got to love when the w...
12/24/2024

Spent the last two days making one of my inland lakes look like Swiss cheese with my lite flite. Got to love when the weeds get cut right before ice up. Two days, almost 3mi each day and a total of 250 holes to only find a couple small gills, a nice crappie and a dandy 19” walleye. Now time to get the boat ready for a couple more days of open water.

It’s that time of year again!
12/18/2024

It’s that time of year again!

From browns to perch, today was a great day on the water.
12/09/2024

From browns to perch, today was a great day on the water.

Man these are some funny looking perch. But I guess I’ll take it seeing the perch decided to play a disappearing act Mon...
12/04/2024

Man these are some funny looking perch. But I guess I’ll take it seeing the perch decided to play a disappearing act Monday. This weekend is looking great for weather. If you want a jigging trip for lakers, browns and steelhead give me a call or send me a message.

11/29/2024

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Some days you ride the struggle bus, sometimes you hit the jackpot. Today was a jackpot kind of day with Mark and Bill. ...
11/28/2024

Some days you ride the struggle bus, sometimes you hit the jackpot. Today was a jackpot kind of day with Mark and Bill. I couldn’t tell you how many perch were thrown back but it was interesting seeing the multiple year classes. Everywhere from 3-5” to 15.25”. It’ll be interesting to see what happens after the cold snap but I have no intention of putting the boat up just yet. If you’d like a trip give me a call or shoot me a message.

One mission today- reload my spawn collection. After missing a couple little butterballs and males, this super tanker en...
11/26/2024

One mission today- reload my spawn collection. After missing a couple little butterballs and males, this super tanker enjoyed a chartreuse glow egg. It has been a very long time since I’ve seen a fall brown of this caliber.

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Time to let the floats drop! #fishusa #raventackle #beckmannets # simms #steelhead

Here kitty kitty! Sorry about the wind covering the audio. #automaticfisherman #fishusa

Diesel is getting some practice in pulling my otter sled. He might be ready to go ice fishing lol #fishusa #otteroutdoors #chocolatelab #automaticfisherman

What a fun morning on the water. Plenty of doubles. Good thing because of the amount of short hits. #fishusa #skeeter #beckmannets #shimano #traxstech #costa #simms #dreamweaver

Picked away at a nice bag today. Still plenty of time to book your trip. #fishusa #pursuitboats #shimano #traxstech #beckmannets #dreamweaver

Blow day equals clean and rig rods day. When in doubt work smarter not harder lol #fishusa #skeeterboats #roomba

Beautiful day to go looking for steel. Big rivers are blown out but the smaller ones are close to perfect

Great shakedown run to start the season, everything is working and the fish are biting!

If anyone wanted to know what kings look like on @garmin livescope, here they are. It’s always interesting seeing them schooled up in just one spot. #fishusa #garmin #simms #skeeterboats

Fall kings are chewing!

Triple on Lake Trout
Triple on Lake Trout

It's always fun tripling up with only two people in the boat but shortly after turning off the camera my other dipsy diver fired to make it a quad.

Greasy doubles always warms things up on a chilly morning. #shimano #fishusa #yamaha #skeeter #chevorlet #laketrout

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